1835_Ary_Scheffer_-_The_Ghosts_of_Paolo_and_Francesca_Appear_to_Dante_and_Virgil.jpg

Summary

Ary Scheffer : The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil wikidata:Q88539353 reasonator:Q88539353
Artist
Ary Scheffer (1795–1858) wikidata:Q436726
Ary Scheffer
Alternative names
Scheffer; A. Scheffer; Schefefr Ary; a. schaeffer; scheffer ary; ary schaeffer
Description French-Dutch painter, sculptor and drawer
Date of birth/death 10 February 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 15 June 1858 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dordrecht Argenteuil
Work period between circa 1810 and circa 1858
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Dordrecht (....-1811), Paris (1811-1858),
Amsterdam (1854), England (1857-1858), Netherlands
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q436726
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
French:
Les Ombres de Francesca da Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta apparaissent à Dante et à Virgile

Dante and Virgil Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in the Underworld
title QS:P1476,fr:"Les Ombres de Francesca da Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta apparaissent à Dante et à Virgile"
label QS:Lfr,"Les Ombres de Francesca da Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta apparaissent à Dante et à Virgile"
label QS:Len,"Dante and Virgil Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in the Underworld"
Series title Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Original Version for the Duc d'Orléans
Date 1835 (Painted in 1835, signed in 1851)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 172.7 cm (67.9 in); width: 238.8 cm (94 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,172.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,238.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1327919
Accession number
P316 ( The Wallace Collection ) Edit this at Wikidata
Notes Compare with 1855 version of this painting by the same painter
References
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art : Image Info about artwork
Other versions
  • 1854 version in the Hamburger Kunsthalle
    1854 version in the Hamburger Kunsthalle
  • 1855 version in the Louvre
    1855 version in the Louvre

Licensing

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Captions

A painting (1855) by Dutch–French Romantic painter Ary Scheffer depicts a scene from Dante's Inferno where a pair of lovers, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, are shown in Hell, while Dante and Virgil are on the right viewing them.

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